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Read on for information about the six panelists that selected the new seven wonders of the world.
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Expert |
Profession |
Bio |
By Dan Deitch, PBS |
Sylvia Earle |
Marine biologist |
Time magazine’s first “Hero for the Planet,”
Earle is a National Geographic Society explorer in residence. She has led
60 expeditions involving about 6,000 hours underwater. |
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By Jim Coane |
Bruce Feiler |
Author |
Speaker and author, including best-seller Walking the
Bible and Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths, this
“theological tourist” has visited some 60 countries on five continents. |
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By Derek Shapton, Random House |
Pico Iyer |
Author |
Author of eight books, including Video Night in Kathmandu,
considered one of the best travel books ever, Japan-based Iyer has twice
been a Fellow of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. |
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By Steve Marts |
Holly Morris |
Global explorer |
Director/host/executive producer of Adventure
Divas, a PBS documentary series that profiles innovative women around
the world, Morris also is co-founder of Adventure Divas Inc. |
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By Molly Roberts, National Geographic Society |
Johan Reinhard |
High-altitude archaeologist |
A National Geographic Society explorer in residence, Reinhard
discovered the perfectly preserved “ice maiden” Inca mummy on
Peru’s Mount Ampato in 1995, among other finds. |
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By Dan Deitch, PBS |
Neil deGrasse Tyson |
Astrophysicist |
Astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History
and director of the Hayden Planetarium, Tyson has explored star formation,
exploding stars, dwarf galaxies and the structure of the Milky Way. |
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| Posted 10/26/2006 7:23 PM ET
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| Updated 10/27/2006 12:20 PM ET |
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